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autotimer

autotimer noun: an automatic timer.

Noun

autotimer (plural autotimers)

  1. An automatic timer.
    • Not all the early autotimers were easy to use: one owner awoke at 3.00 am on Christmas morning to smell his turkey cooked and ready for eating twelve hours too soon!1981, Anthony Byers, Centenary of Service: A History of Electricity in the Home, page 29
    • On December 7, 1941, a California surfer named Don James set the autotimer on his camera and took a photo of himself and two friends standing with their boards in front of a rented bungalow […]2011, Matt Warshaw, The History of Surfing, page 87

Forms of autotimer

pluralautotimers

Origin of autotimer

From auto- + timer.

Questions about autotimer

What does autotimer mean?
Autotimer means an automatic timer.
What part of speech is autotimer?
Autotimer is a noun.
What is the plural of autotimer?
The plural of autotimer is autotimers.

Words near autotimer in the dictionary

  1. autothonous
  2. autothrottle
  3. autothrottles
  4. autothysis
  5. autotiering
  6. autotimer
  7. autotimers
  8. autotitrate
  9. autotitrated
  10. autotitrating
  11. autotitration

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